Weather-strip.



PATENTED NOV. 1, 1904.

W. H. TAYLOR. Y

WEATHER STRIP.

IOATION 2 UNTTED STATES Patented November 1, 1904.

IVILFORD H. TAYLOR, OF DENVER, COLORADO.

WEATHER-STRIP.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 773,689, dated November1, 1904.

' Application filed February 23, 1904. Serial No. 194,931. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, l/VILFORD H. TAYLOR, a citizen of the United Statesof America, residing in the city and county of Denver and State ofColorado, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inVVeather-Strips; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, andexact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilledin the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, referencebeing bad to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of referencemarked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

My invention relates to improvements in weather-strips of the class moreespecially adapted for use in connection with windowsills. In myimproved construction the lower rail of the bottom sash of the window isgrooved or plowed to receive the weatherstrip, which is attached to thesill of the window; and it consists of a metal piece projecting upwardlyfrom the sill, its upper extremity being turned outwardly to form a sortof a spring part or hook adapted to closely engage the groove of thesash on the outside, while on the inside the weather-strip is beveled toengage the inner wall of the groove as the sash is pulled downwardly,whereby there is a tendency to give the sash an inward thrust, wherebythe outer wall of the groove is made to bear tightly against the upperor curved extremity of the strip, which is adapted to yield slightly inorder to form a perfectlytight joint, whereby dust and water areprevented from entering.

Having briefly outlined my improved construction, as well as thefunction it is intended to perform, I will proceed to describe the samein detail, reference being made to the accompanying drawings, in whichis illustrated an embodiment thereof.

In the drawings, Figure l is a detail end elevation of my improvedweather-strip shown at about normal size. Fig. 2 is a fragmentaryperspective view of the same. Fig. 3 is a top or plan view of theconstruction shown in Fig. 2. In Fig. 2 the strip is broken away at oneend, while in Fig. 3 it is broken away at both ends to indicate that itmay be of any desired length. Fig. 4 is a section taken between them.

through the lower sash-rail, the window-sill, and the window stool,illustrating my improved device in use, the'lower sash being closed.Fig. 5 is a similar View showing the sash in position just before theweather-strip enters the groove in the lower sash-rail. Fig. 6 is adetail view of the weather-strip shown on a scale considerably enlarged,the groove of the sash being indicated by dotted lines.

The same reference characters indicate the same parts in all the views.

LetAdesignate the window-sill; B, the window-stool; O, the lowersash-rail of the bottom sash, and D the parting-bead between the upperand lower sashes of the window. In the lower part of the sash-rail isformed a longitudinal groove O, which is open at the bottom of the railand adapted to receive the weatherstrip E, which, as shown in thedrawings, is formed from a single piece of metal and is provided withbottom apertured flanges E, front and rear walls E and E and anoutwardly-curved hook-shaped part E5 The two parts E and E approacheachother as they extend upwardly, leaving a V-shaped space At the apex ofthis space the two parts join each other and are pressed tightlytogether in forming the upper curved part E As the sash is moveddownwardly it may be assumed that the lower part of the inner wall O isin position to engage the inner inclined wall E of the weather-strip,whereby the said strip has a tendency to give the lower sash an inwardthrust, thus bringing the outer wall O of the groove tightly against thecurved extremity E of the strip, thus forming-a perfectly-tight joint.

It is evident that the hook-shaped part E of the strip is adapted tocatch any water or dust that may work under the sash or that may getbetween the lower sash-rail and the sill on the outside of the groove.

It will thus be understood that my improved strip is adapted to excludewind, water, and dust when the sash rail is closed, and theweather-strip occupies its operative position with reference to thegroove of the sash.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim isl. A weather-striphaving bottom flanges adapted to be secured to the \vi.ndowsill,upwardly-projecting separated walls and an outwardly and downwardlycurved top part, the said weather-strip being located to enter a grooveformed in the lower rail of the bottom sash when the latter is closed.

2. In a weather-strip, the combination with the lower rail of the bottomsash provided with a longitudinal groove open at the bottom, thewindow-sill and the weather-strip attached to the sill below the saidsash-rail and having upwardly-projecting walls which meet in an apex ashort distance above the sill, from which point the device is outwardlyand downwardly curved, the inner upwardly-projecting wall of the devicebeing inclined or beveled \VILFORD H. TAYLOR.

l/Vitnesses:

A. J. OBRIEN, DENA NELsoN.

